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J. NICHOLS. COMBINED CHAIR AND CARRIAGE.

I No. 375,300. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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JOHh NICHOLS, OF BALDWVINSVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO PHILANDER DERBY 81;

OO., OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMB|NED CHAIR AND CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,300, dated December20, 1887.

Application filerl May 31, 1884. Serial No.133,2l66. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN NICHOLS, of Baldwinsville, county of\Vorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in aCombined Chair and Carriage, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,

like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the construction of a combined-chairand carriage, wherein the parts may be readily and easily adjusted andlocked in position to constitute a childs high chair or carriage, or thechair itself may be removed from the other parts to provide a low chair.

To these ends my invention consists of a.

body or frame, in the construction and combination of parts,substantially as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Figure 1 shows in side elevation a combined chair and carriage embodyingmy invention,

. and shown adjusted as a childs carriage, the

dotted lines showing the position of the tray when not in use; Fig. 2, adetail partly in section, to clearly illustrate the bolts or fasteningswhich lock the chair in the body or frame. Fig. 3 shows in elevation theparts adjusted to be used as a high chair, the dotted lines in the baseshowing the position of the tray when not in use; Fig. 4, a detail ofportion of the base to illustrate the plates having orifices to receivethe bolts secured to the chair and the pins to be engaged by thehooksvided as to alternately support the body wheels a, instead of thelegs 3, support the back part of the frame to enable the chair to bereadily wheeled or trundled about upon raising the front legs, 2, fromthe floor.

A chair having the seat 0, legs e, arms f, and back 9 is shown in Fig. 3a; supported on the top or smaller end of the body or frame, and islocked in such position by means of two hooks h (see dotted lines)secured to the under side of the chair-seat, near its front end, andwhich engage pins '5 in the cross-pieces I), while spring-actuated boltsit", (see Fig. 2,) also secured to the under side of the seat, but nearits back, project into bolt-holes in the ends of the corner supports, a,the said supports being re-enforced by the plates m, havingbolt-orifices 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The front ends of the chair'armsf are provided with a notch, 6, toreceive the upper or projecting ends, 0, of the vertical or backsupports, 7, of the brackets 8,which are connected with the tray-D, thelower ends of said vertical supports 7 resting on the seat and the backthereof abutting the vertical portions of the armsf, as shown in Figs. 1and 3. By these means the tray D is supported in proper position infront of the chair, and may be readily removed therefrom by raising theouter end of the tray to cause the lower part of the brackets to bemoved away from the vertical supports for the arms f, when the upperends, 0, may readily be withdrawn from the notches 6.

The trayD is provided with a pair ofspring actuated bolts, 9, one oneach side thereof, so that when said tray is not required to be used itmay be stored within the frame A, as indicatedin dotted lines, Figs. 1and 3, and locked therein by the bolts 9,which enter bolt-orifices inthe corner bars, 0, (see Fig. 5,) the projecting ends 0 of the brackets8 being engaged with pins as in the corner bars, 0, of said frame.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the bolts 9 have finger-pieces to permittheir retraction against the force of the springs 12, said springsresting in recesses in the tray D and continually acting on studs q,formed on the bolts, to cause said bolts to be projected from the tray.The bolts are secured to the tray by screws 1', which pass through slotsin said bolts and enter the tray. The bolts k are likewise slotted.

The chair is provided with a foot-rest, s,

which is connected with the front legs, 0. A handle, T, is pivoted tothe corner bars, 0', at i, (see Fig. 3,) and extends nearly parallelwith said bars at the front of the chair, with the handle-bar t restingagainst the front legs, 2, thereof, in which position it occupies butlittle room and is out of the way when a high chair is provided.

To provide a childs carriage, as shown in Fig. 1, retract the bolts k,referring to Figs. 2 and 3, and remove the chair from the frame or bodyA, change the position of said body, so as to be supported by thewheels, swing the handle on its pivots to assume the position shown inFig. 1, with its short ends engaging the pins a, and place the chairwithin the body between the corner bars, 0, so that the bolts 70 willenter the bolt-holes 10 of the plates m, (see Fig. 4.,) the hooks Itbeing engaged with the pins 12 on the front corner bars, 0, before saidbolts are entered into said holes. The chair, when removed from the bodyor frame A, may be supported upon its own legs 6 to serve as a lowchair.

I am aware that it is not novel to hinge a seat to a base or frame insuch manner that the base may be turned under the seat to constitute ahigh chair or a low chair; and I am also aware that it is not novel toprovide the base part of a chair with rollers, so that the base, whenoverturned, may present the rollers to the floor, thus constituting theunder part of a carriage.

In this my improved chair and carriage the seat has extended below itordinary legs of equal length, thus constituting ordinary low chairs,and when the low chair is placed upon the end of the base or on the sidethereof the legs enter within the base, the latter being provided withtwo sets of pins, 2' and 12, and series of holes 11 and 10, to cooperatewith the hooks and bolts of thelow chair, the saidhooks and boltsconstituting fastening devices.

The combined chair and carriage herein shown and described is in itsgeneral form the same or much the same as that embraced by myapplication No. 137,519, filed July 12, 1884; but I do not wish to beunderstood as claiming herein any features claimed in my other saidapplication.

The frame or base A is made tapering, so that when the device is used asa high chair, as in Fig. 3, the larger or flaring end thereof willinsure steadiness, and thus have a tendency to prevent the chair frombeing over thrown by movements of the child; but when the device is tobe used as a carriage, as in Fig. 1, itis desirable that the upper sidethereof should be level, and to secure this result the small wheels, a,are provided for the larger end ofthe frame, while the larger wheels,a,are provided for the smaller end thereof.

I am aware that asmall chair removably attached to a base or frame isshown by lritish Patent No. 4,826 of 1878; but the chair shown by saidpatent is not a complete chair capable of use as alow chairindependently of the base or frame to which it is secured.

I claim- 1. The frame or base A, having two sets of bolt-orifices, as 10and 11, two sets of pins, as and 12, wheels (4 and a, and a pivotedhandle, combined with a chair having arms, back and foot rest, andspring-actuated bolts k, and hooks h, for detachably securing said chairto said frame in two different positions, substantially as set forth.

2. A chair having arms, back, and seat, said arms extending in front ofsaid seat and being provided with notches, (5, combined with a trayhaving supporting-brackets with vertical extensions, as 0, fitting saidnotches, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J Olil N NICHOLS. lVitnesses:

Asa P. REILY, Lnox F. Crunnorx.

